Our Story

Our Musicals

Children’s Magical Theater is comprised of a professional, gifted troupe of performers who love children and entertaining. We provide original, quality shows that are memorable and inspire good values. Every show has a positive life lesson with a goofy ‘bad’ character who learns that caring and kindness benefits us all.

Meet the Cast of Alice Returns to Wonderland

Nina Fine (The Queen of Hearts)

Nina was an original member of the Voices of the Pops, singing for 15 years as a featured and ensemble singer. She performed with Jodi Benson (the voice of the original The Little Mermaid), Sutton Foster (Fiona from Shrek the Musical on Broadway), Donna McKechnie (from the original A Chorus Line), and others. Nina has sung opera, jazz, and Broadway music with many professional orchestras and ensembles in the Northeast. As a teen, Nina performed children’s theater at the well-known Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo, Maryland. She went on to act in film, commercials, and Off-Broadway. Nina has been a preschool teacher, a tutor, and a nanny. Nina is thrilled to be working with Shir on her debut Children’s Magical Theater performance! www.ninafine.com

Sara Levin (Rose Petal and The Cheshire Cat)

Sara has a BFA in Acting/Theater from New York University’s Tisch School of The Arts’ Experimental Theater Wing. She has performed in many plays at NYU as well as a play that she wrote, called “Childhood and Other Natural Disasters”. Sara has acted in student films at NYU and in Orlando. At Our Little Theatre Company in Oviedo, Sara has portrayed a chicken, skunk, fairy, momma bear, witch, and grandma. At Imagine Theater in Oviedo, Sara appeared in a musical review We Love Broadway. She is also part of their Imaginary Friends Improv Troupe. Sara has worked as a teacher, writer, and an assistant editor in children's publishing. She lives in Oviedo with her husband, two sons and thirteen cats. She is so excited to be joining Shir and this talented group in Children's Magic Theater's debut performance!

Shir Love (Alice)

Shir (Sheer) is a singer, dancer, actress, guitarist, pianist, writer, director, choreographer, and producer. Shir’s aspirations for starting Children’s Magical Theater is to give young audiences happiness and something magical to believe in. When not writing scripts, Shir performs with professional musical theater groups around Central Florida. Favorite fairytale roles include Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Goldilocks, Scarecrow, Gingy and Dragon from Shrek, Ariel, Iago from Aladdin, and Small Alice. Shir dreams to be Rapunzel at Disney World someday. To find out what Shir’s up to, please visit shirlove.wixsite.com/home

Ernesto Bedoya (The Mad Hatter and Doorknob)

Ernesto has had the love of theater ever since his first play in high school when portrayed the main character in Silence of the Lambs. He went on to play Oscar in The Odd Couple and Sam in Life with Irene – a couple of his favorite roles. A big kid at heart, Ernesto enjoys bringing storybook characters to life like Ernesto in The Princess and the Pea, Gepeto in Pinocchio’s Great Adventure, Captain Hook in Tinker Bell and the Adventure of Treasure Island, and King Richard in Humpty Dumpty Falls in Love.

Currently, Ernesto is writing, producing, and soon to be directing and acting in an original Web Series. Ernesto is thrilled to be a part of Children’s Magical Theater with Shir and the other cast members! He is looking forward to see where CMT goes!

Erik, Shir’s Dad (The White Rabbit)

When Erik and Lora (Shir’s mom) were dating, Lora asked Erik if he would audition to be in a romantic comedy with her. After some coaxing, Erik agreed to ‘make a fool of himself’ – He had never auditioned or acted before. After landing the lead male role, (Lora got Stage Manager – Laugh Out Loud!), Erik got bit by the acting bug! Twenty three years later, Shir has invited him to play – the lead bunny! Please give Erik a warm round of applause for his courage and enthusiasm! One of his mottos is “Laughter is the best medicine”.

Lora, Shir’s Mom (The Pre-Show DoDo Bird)

Lora has always dreamed of being part of a theater group, especially one dedicated to helping give happiness to children! She was thrilled when Shir asked her to play The Dodo Bird! A long time ago, Lora wrote, directed, produced, acted, sang, and danced – something that runs in the family! Lora couldn’t be more proud of Shir, not only for her hard work and accomplishments, but for who she is and the clever and creative ways she brings more light and love into our lives. Enjoy the show!